PT111.S4.Q10

PrepTest 111 - Section 4 - Question 10

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Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The scientist hypothesizes Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a virus. This is based on a study where rats injected with blood from Alzheimer’s disease patients exhibited signs of a different neurological disorder known to be caused by a virus.

Notable Assumptions

The scientist assumes that the rats developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease because of the blood from Alzheimer’s disease patients, rather than from some other source. The scientist also assumes that the virus that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is somehow linked to, if not the same as, the virus that causes Alzheimer's disease. If this were untrue, then the scientist couldn't reach this conclusion about Alzheimer's disease based on the virus that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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10.

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